The 5 deepest lake in the world

There is the biggest lake there are also the deepest lake. In this article will explain the existence of the deepest lakes in the world. Its existence is reaching up to half a kilometer more. The following are the 5 deepest lake in the world:

1. Lake Baikal (758 m depth)

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake, the world's oldest and largest (volume) of water on Earth bargaining. This lake contains more than 20% of the world's fresh water and more than 90% of fresh water Russia. This lake is a world heritage site located in southern Siberia in Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and Buryatia to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk. The name is derived from the word Tatar "Bai-Kul" - "the rich lake". He is also known as the "Blue Eye of Siberia". In the Russian language, he called Байкал (Ozero Baykal, Озеро literally means lake), and the Buryat and Mongolian languages ​​he is called Dalai-Nor, or "sacred sea". The surface area of ​​31.494 km2 (19.569 sq mi) The average depth of 758 meters (2,487 feet).

Lake Baikal (Source: Topbesttraveldestinations)

2. Lake Tanganyika (1,470 m depth)

The lake is located in the Western Rift in the Great Rift Valley and surrounded by mountain walls of the canyon. This lake is the largest and deepest canyon lake in deepest Africa or number two in the world and save the largest fresh water reserves. Its length stretches about 673 miles on the North-South direction and an average width of 50 km. The lake covers an area of ​​32,900 km ², with a length of 1.828 km line edges and an average depth of 570 m with a maximum depth of 1,470 m (in the northern basin) store water reserves with estimated volume of 18.900 km ³. Surface temperatures around 25 ° C and has an average pH of 8.4.

It lies in the tropics and a very large depth prevent 'turnover' of the mass of water, so the water that was in the inside into what is known as 'fossil water' and are anoxic (lacking oxygen). Lake catchment area of ​​231,000 km ², with two major rivers that flow into the lakes and several rivers and smaller streams and the main outflow Lukuga River. The main source of water comes from the River Ruzizi, go to the north through Lake Kivu, and Malagarasi River, which is the second largest river in Tanzania, enter through the east side of Lake Tanganyika. The lake is located in 4 countries - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia, with the zoning for the DRC (45%) and Tanzania (41%) are the largest part of the lake region. The lake is home to about 300 species of cichlid fish and 150 non-cichlid species, most of whom live in the benthic zone (near the bottom of the lake). Largest fish biomass is in the pelagic zone (open water) and is dominated by six species - two species of "Tanganyika sardine" and four species of predatory Lates.

Lake Tanganyika (Source: Hotelsafarigate)

3. Caspian Lake (995 m depth)

Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water, with a surface area of ​​371,000 km ², and therefore has the characteristics possessed by the sea and lakes. Caspian Sea is often classed as the world's biggest lakes, although it does not contain fresh water. Caspian Sea bounded by Russia (Dagestan, Kalmykia, Astrakhan Oblast), Azerbaijan, Iran (Guilan province, Mazandaran and Golestan), Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, with the "steppe" of Central Asia in the north and east. On the east side of the Turkmen are an "embayment" big, Kara Bogaz Gol. The sea is connected to the Sea of ​​Azov through the canal Manych.

In the Caspian Sea sturgeon there are many, who gave birth to eggs that are processed into caviar. However, excessive fishing have threatened the sturgeon population to the point that makes the Environmental advocate banning sturgeon decision entirely up to their population back. This area is rich in energy. And also oil fields recently discovered, evidence of natural gas supplies, although exploration is still needed to explain its full potential.

Caspian Lake (Source: 4.bp.blogspot)

4. Lake Malawi (depth 706 m)

Lake Malawi is the African Great Lakes and the lakes in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. This lake is the third largest lake in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world is located between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. This lake is also the second deepest lake in Africa, yet calm nature on the north coast does not give any sign of depth. This huge lake is a habitat for tropical waters reported more species of fish than any other lake on Earth.

Nyaza Lake Malawi or Lake is a lake that has a length of between 560 and 580 kilometers, and its width is approximately 75 kilometers. Total surface area of ​​this lake is about 29,600 square kilometers of lake shoreline in western Mozambique, eastern Malawi, and southern Tanzania. The largest river flowing into this lake is the Ruhuhu River. This large freshwater lake has a major outflow, the Shire River, a tributary that flows into the Zambezi River. Lake Malawi lies in the Great Rift Valley formed by the opening of the valley of East Africa, where the African tectonic plate is being split into two parts. This is called a divergent tectonic plate boundary. Lake Malawi or Nyaza itself formed about 40,000 years, or about one to two million years.

Lake Malawi (Source: i1.trekearth)

5. Lake Issyk Kul (depth 702 m)

Issyk Kul (located at 42 ° 30 'N 77 ° 30' E) is an endorheic lake in the Tian Shan mountains, in northeastern Kirgizia. Length 182 km, width up to 60 km, and the extent of 6,332 km ². This means that the lake is the second largest lake in the world that is situated on a mountain after Lake Titicaca. The lake is located at an altitude of 1,620 m, and it is up to 702 m. The water is a little salty lake in the winter and keep it free of ice. The lake water comes from springs and melting snow, but he does not have distribution. South coast is dominated by the beautiful mountains of Tian Shan. (**)

Lake Issyk Kul (Source: ih1.redbubble)